One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.